SAN FRANCISCO Godfrey LeBron of Paradise Trailways in Hicksville, N.Y., has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the United Motorcoach Association.

LeBron has served as vice chairman for the past two years and has been active in a wide range of association activities, including being chairman of the important Legislative and Regulatory Committee. The company operated by he and his wife, Lauren, has 10 coaches.

LaBron succeeds Brian Scott of Escot Bus Lines in Largo, Fla., who has served as chairman since January 2006. Scott remains a director of the association.

The election of LeBron and his succession as chairman came at the semi-annual meeting of the UMA board at the conclusion of Motorcoach Expo 2008 here last month.

Tom Ready of Ready Bus Lines in LaCrescent, Minn., was elected vice chairman for 2008-09, while Jeff Polzien of Red Carpet Tours in Oklahoma City was re-elected secretary and Dave Bolen of New World Tours in Bristow, Va., was re-elected treasurer.

In voting this past fall, UMA members re-elected Bolen and Polzien to the board for three-year terms.

One new member joined the UMA board at the January meeting. James Brown Sr. of Magic Carpet Tours Bus Service in Richmond, Va., was elected from UMA Region II. Brown is a former president of the Virginia Motorcoach Association and his company, Magic Carpet, has a fleet of nine coaches.

UMA Region II includes much of the Midwest and Upper Midwest, plus Atlantic Coast and Southern states.

Also re-elected to the board for three-year terms were Larry Benjamin of Northfield Lines in Northfield, Minn.; Steve Brown of Brown Coach in Amsterdam, N.Y., and Mike Neustadt of Coach Tours Ltd. in Brookfield, Conn.

Retiring from the board was long-time member Rick Hillard of Cedar Valley World Travel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hillard is a former chairman of UMA.

Also re-elected to the board was associate-member representative Michelle Silvestro of National Interstate Insurance in Richfield, Ohio. She was elected to a second three-year term.

The first order of business for the reconstituted UMA board was to revisit the associations strategic plan and revise the committee assignments for members.